Kerala Election 2021: The CPI-M has released its 1st list of 83 candidates for the 140-member Kerala legislative assembly elections. Though the new list has a number of new faces as it dropped the sitting MLAs like cabinet ministers citing a maximum two-term policy. The strict adherence to two-term policy aids the CPI-M bring in fresh leaders to electoral politics even though sending a message that that party is above people. The party has fielded 12 ladies candidates even though it is supporting some independent candidates as properly. It has fielded CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s son-in-law Riyas, who when lost in the Lok Sabha election, from Beypore in Kozhikode. Of the ladies candidates, it fielded R Bindu from Irinjalakuda. She is the wife of the LDF convener and CPM state secretary A Vijayaraghavan.
The CPM is backing nine independent candidates. Seven of them are Muslims and are contesting from Malappuram and Kozhikode districts which have the highest Muslim population. This reflects that the party nevertheless lacks faces who can take the IUML head-on in these locations.
Despite the party dropping senior leaders and fielding new candidates, the typical age remained on the larger side. Of the 83 candidates, 57 are above the age of 50 even though 24 are beyond 60. However, the party gave tickets to 4 youth candidates who are aged beneath 30. Fielding youth candidates beneath 30 will enhance the morale of the party’s youth cadre who can be hopeful of increasing to the top rated.
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While no voice was raised against the choice to place a two-term ceiling for sitting legislators, the list demonstrates the influence and manage that CM Pinarayi Vijayan has more than the Kerala CPM and the legislators. The LDF government will now be looking for votes in name of the performs and policies of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government.
While Kerala keeps switching involving CPM-led LDF and Congress-led UDF governments, if CPM manages to beat the historical trends even just after fielding fresh faces, the two-term policy will absolutely place stress on other parties like Congress.
The party has also accommodated rebel Congress leaders like M S Vishwanathan and P V Sreenijan who will be contesting from Sulthan Bathery and Kunnathunad respectively.